Forest Conservation Through Tane'Olen Traditional Tradition Setulang Community of Malinau District North Kalimantan Indonesia

Abstract

Abstract: Communities in Setulang and Sengayan, Malinau, East Kalimantan, seem to have understood and are fully aware that forest destruction in the upper reaches of the region can result in floods, declining water quality and landslides. Communities in Long Pada (upstream of Tubu River, Malinau District) protect gaharu (Aquilaria spp.) As the mainstay forest products in their village area from exploitation by outsiders. The Kenyahs of Setulang (Malinau District) set the remaining primary forest in the village area as a protected forest (tane 'olen) beginning to monitor the state of the forest to avoid incursions by others. The steps taken by the Setulang villagers to set aside and define their forested areas to become Tane 'Olen are already long-term programs from the beginning they occupy the new territory. They originated (migrated together) from an old village in Long Sa'an, in the Pujungan river basin in 1968. Today 919 people (216 families) occupy 208 well-structured buildings. To solve the problem of strengthening the status of the region and the boundaries of the territory, the intervention of the related parties (Pemda) is very necessary. Without the intervention of the parties then it is not a solution to the problem that will be obtained but will only intensify the dispute between the adjacent villages. In relation to the utilization of forest products in the Tane 'Olen region, there may still be a need for regulatory tools to supplement existing regulations for handling and enforcement to be logical, applicable in the field and not at the expense of the interests of certain parties, especially the community.